Square Enix Says Final Fantasy VII Remake Part 3 and Kingdom Hearts IV Development 'Progressing Smoothly' - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 05 September 2025 / 9,856 Views
Square Enix creative director Tetsuya Nomura during the Final Fantasy VII: Ever Crisis 2nd Anniversary livestream stated that development on the third entry in the Final Fantasy VII Remake series and Kingdom Hearts IV are "progressing smoothly."
"Right, so, looking at the comments, I’m seeing people ask every so often about the third entry in the [Final Fantasy VII] Remake series," said Nomura (via Gematsu).
"Apparently, [co-director Motomu] Toriyama mentioned in an interview that something might be released around the second anniversary [of Final Fantasy VII: Ever Crisis]. So that’s probably where those expectations are coming from. Right, so things are progressing really smoothly. I can’t really say more—if I suddenly went, ‘Well, actually…,’ everyone would be really surprised! (Laughs.)
"So yeah, things are moving along really smoothly, and the release timing has already been decided. We’re moving forward according to that schedule right now, so please rest assured and be patient.
"And this has also come up in the comments here and there, but Kingdom Hearts IV is likewise steadily moving forward according to schedule, so please look forward to it."
Square Enix has yet to announce the the official title for the third entry in the Final Fantasy VII Remake series. The platforms or the release date for Kingdom Hearts IV have also not been announced.
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Splitting it into 3 was an inherently dumb idea. Only those that saw Remake entirely through to the end were going to bother with Rebirth. The same audience shrinking will only happen again with part 3.
I think being a 2 parter could of made sense and fulfilled the fan service/creative expansion of the world + kept bloating to a minimum. Plenty of excessive cutscenes, dialogue and side quests could of been cut...
None the less looking forward to part 3. I just hope it has more technical polish than 2 and better story momentum
3 discs FFVII. 3 games FFVII Reboot :P
Once part 3 is out they need to release a collection with all 3 for a good price. I would happily buy a collection with all 3 maybe a year after part 3 releases, if it is priced right.
This is what I'm waiting for. I guess it doesn't help that, uh, I haven't really played the original yet, so this also gives me time to do so first.
Agreed!
Nah, the story and scope is just that much greater now.
Yeah, and it's glorious all the way. Only thing that bothers me is the waiting, but what can you do?
Original had 3 disc. Remake has 3 parts. One per disc. That's how they viewed that.
I didn't like part 1. That I agreed with you there. But rebirth was really good. That alone is better then the entire original .
But I understand why they are doing 3 parts. Could they have condensed it to two parts. Most certainly where part 1 goes all the way to temple of ancient and then part 2 finishes off the rest.
Looking forward to how they expand wutai in part 3.
I'm still one of those people that thinks this should have been at most a 2 part game. With all the filler in the 1 and 2 I feel like they could have done the whole story in 2 games. Especially since Rebirth's ending is the Originals Disc 1 ending. So that means they're gonna cram Disc 2 and 3 in one game now where they bloated disc 1 into 2 games.
Also, you're right that the audience for the games are gonna shrink with each part. We already know Rebirth sold about half of Remake and I think Part 3 will be less than Rebirth.
probably release part 3 at end of PS5 lifecycle so can sell it us again for PS6
Yup. And no way Part 3 comes out before Late 2027. Even if it launches before PS6 does, it will absolutely get a native PS6 version.
I hate to say it, but part 3 will most likely have worse sales than part 2, I hope it doesnt, but this is the most likely outcome. It sad too cause SE cannot seem to fix their many issues, they want to be like Capcom and have banger after banger, but someone at SE keeps leading with bonehead ideas.
FFIV: The After Years (sales dropped)
FFX-2 (sales dropped)
FFXIII-2 (sales dropped)
FFXIII - Lighting Returns (sales dropped even more)
FFVII: Rebirth (sales dropped)
FFVII: Part III (????)
There seems to be a pattern here, hopefully SE sees it too
I remember years ago when it was announced FF7 Remakes were being split into 3 (or more games) that it's true success lies in how many the second part sells. It was mentioned by many about how FF13 was a trilogy as a comparison but if that was the case FF13 might have been one of the worst selling trilogies ever. FF13 was a stand alone game with 2 sequels after all but the combined sales of FF13-3 and LR weren't even as much as 13 as a whole.
Few million units sold is great but compared to the first, that's terrible, especially when you look at other series like Uncharted or Gears of War when the second and 3rd entries sold the same or potential more than the first individually.
The first had the combined market of FF fans, FF7 diehard fans and newbies who've been told how good FF7 is but can't get past the age of the game. That entire market seems to have basically halved from the sales of the first game, will it potentially half again or just match as people who "stuck around" have to finish the story. I will note that I'm not even included in the sales of FF7R as it was given to us on PS+ a year after release. So while sales are 7-8mil, players might but upward of 15mil.
Can SquEnix afford to spend all this time and money on the 3rd game if it's only going to sell "below expectations"? (They do love that term no?).
That's not been confirmed yet. They may want it on all platforms day one but we don't know yet if Sony's exclusive deal is for the whole trilogy yet.
It'd been confirmed from square enix after rebirth and ff16 sales failed their expectations that all games moving forward is all on platform.
Exactly and all games since then have been multiplat. However this might not include part 3 of the trilogy if Sony has a contract for that already set in stone. We will find out soon enough when part 3 is announced. But one thing is for sure, that part 3 has not been confirmed day 1 multiplat at all as of yet.
Doubt square enix. Would risk that since they been losing due to poor sales. Square enix can't afford to lose more money . Part 3 has not been announced yet.
I understand all that, all I am saying is that a contract is a contract and we don't know if Square signed the contract for the full trilogy or not. If they did, they may not be able to get out of it. And yes exactly, Part 3 has not been announced yet so stop stating that it's on all platforms Day 1 when we both know that has not been confirmed yet.
I just said what square enix said that all future games is multiplatform. This would include part 3. As it's s future game.. whether that holds true remains to be seen.
https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2025/09/final-fantasy-7-remake-trilogys-conclusion-will-not-be-ps5-exclusive?fbclid=IwVERDUAMxXVFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHppvuz5bA8DjqItOzYnMyEZ1TQpQn8uoQ4UW7mIj54Oigh2kIEpEH6twF1sx_aem_28a6rR-9uBlso721eDsWIw
It's been confirmed it won't be a PS5 exclusive when it launches
Push Square and Sammy Barker is assuming like you are. The tweet from SE just states it's coming to other platforms which we already knew. Square's announcement tweet DOESN"T say "AT LAUNCH". Today's announcement was a nothing burger. I am not saying it won't launch on all platforms day 1 but the news SE tweeted is not the same news that your article is pushing, they are reaching on this one. No one knows yet.
I will be back when I am right with a platter of crows for you to eat
Can't wait. Rebirth is one of my favorite games of all time.
The game itself is great I agree but the overall bloat is terrible. Too many mini games and things locked behind them.
90 percent of those minigames came from the original. They didn't include all of them too..
is this day one on pc/xbox? and maybe switch 2 if it can handle it.
FF7 Part 3: Late 2027-mid 2028
KH4: 2029-2030
FF7 part 3 is most likely 2028, KH4 probably around 2030+ since we didnt got any trailer and so far it always take them around 5 years to release KH game after first trailer
Just says everything about the industry if you need 10+ years for a remake of a PS1 game which took 2 years to create everything (story, locations, items, enemies...).
The game has expanded hugely . It fills in the gaps of the original story that had holes in it and it expanded the story for each of the characters. I prefer the remake over the original
I have even completed Rebirth yet, and the 3rd one is coming.. man I need a break
